Nutley commission sets recording guidelines called “overreaching”

On 9/15, Nutley’s governing body adopted video recording guidelines meant for all township boards. We haven’t seen the new resolution yet, but the below article lists some criteria that look similar to prior provisions. The article also notes that a North Jersey Media Group attorney advised the township prior to the vote “that North Jersey Read More …

Fairfield adopts e-mail retention policy

This is a noteworthy example of a governmental agency taking positive, timely steps to improve transparency.  We also applaud the agency’s openness to a good suggestion from the public!  -NJFOG Fairfield Township Informant posted by John Paff Sept. 2, 2015 (Slightly paraphrased below. See the blog post for a link to the resolution.) At its September Read More …

Lumberton public records go missing … a second time

UPDATE (8/17/15) – Judge Marc M. Baldwin will preside over the hearing in Paff v. Lumberton.  The hearing is currently scheduled for September 4, 2015. UPDATE (8/18/2015) – Click here for a Burlington County Times news story on this topic.  According to the township attorney, the 2011-2013 closed session meeting minutes were stored on a thumb Read More …

Gloucester Township Council suppressed citizen’s speech, apparently based on its content.

In this excellent blog post, John Paff describes how the Gloucester Township Council cut off a speaker from talking during public comment and then immediately closed the public comment period, which almost certainly violated that person’s First Amendment right to address the Council as well as the rights of anyone who was still waiting to Read More …